Get Close Enough to Matter...and Get Along

If we want to share the gospel with unbelievers we will need to get to know them and then tell them the accurate truth of the message. One hurdle in the way of evangelism is personality conflict. Another is worldview disagreements. All I can say is, don't allow your dislike for another person or your disagreement with their views to keep you from attempting to reach them for Christ.

You may have some cleaning up to do before re-engaging someone with the gospel. Humble yourself and make amends. Then trust God to give you the courage to love them enough to courageously dive deeply into the gospel and tell the whole story, even risking rejection and embarrassment.

"For you yourselves know, brethren, that our coming to you was not in vain, but after we had already suffered and been mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had the boldness in our God to speak to you the gospel of God amid much opposition. For our exhortation does not come from error or impurity or by way of deceit; but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who examines our hearts. For we never came with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed -- God is witness -- nor did we seek glory from men, either from you or from others, even though as apostles of Christ we might have asserted our authority." (1 Thess. 2:1-6)